BIB_ID
290720
Accession number
MA 112.21
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan,, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his sister Letitia; the letters are described separately (MA 112.1-77).
Written on mourning stationery with "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top.
Written on mourning stationery with "Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent" printed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1894.
Summary
Discussing using the money that will come to her from her husband's will to pay her outstanding debts; telling her he will be done with his readings by the end of next week; sending her £5 in case she wants money.
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